Taylor Sheridan‘s days at Paramount are numbered, with a new partnership with NBCUniversal lined up. But the television mogul isn’t taking it easy and resting on his laurels. His latest series for the studio has emerged as a major hit, tying a bow on his decade-long association with Paramount. It had already been renewed for a second season before premiering this year, and it was recently announced that the series will return for a third season as well. This may be the final season of television that Sheridan creates for Paramount during this stint, with many of his older hits either having ended already or nearing their final seasons.
Sheridan’s relationship with Paramount began with the neo-Western Yellowstone, which became one of the biggest pandemic-era hits in the United States. The show ended its five-season run in 2024, after a behind-the-scenes dispute between Sheridan and star Kevin Costner. Two spin-offs — 1883 and 1923 — have also been aired, with a third one lined up: Dutton Ranch premiering next month. Sheridan’s run continued with Mayor of Kingstown, which will return for a fifth and final season; Tulsa King, which is set to return for a fourth season and a spin-off; Lioness, which is expecting a third season; and Landman, which has been renewed for a third season as well.
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Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
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Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
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The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
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🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
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You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
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You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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Taylor Sheridan Will Move to NBCUniversal in 2029
Sheridan’s latest series is The Madison, which was initially touted as a Yellowstone spin-off but was later revealed to be a standalone series. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, the six-episode series ended its first season in March, having received mostly positive reviews and pushed Sheridan towards uncharted waters in the world of streaming. The show holds a 63% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics’ consensus reads, “The Madison may not be an all-inclusive stay, but it offers a top-tier Michelle Pfeiffer, beautiful East Coast locations, and an expansion of the Taylor Sheridan universe, which is satisfying enough.”
According to FlixPatrol, The Madison has now spent more than 30 days on the Paramount+ streaming charts, joining Sheridan’s previous titles as a bona fide hit. Sheridan, who received an Oscar nomination for writing Hell or High Water, is eying a return to films with next year’s F.A.S.T. and the recently announced Call of Dutyadaptation, set for release in 2028.
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